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Tile fountain on Santa Catalina Island, a rocky island off the coast o...

The island is 22 miles long and 8 miles across. It is one of the Channel Islands of California archipelago and is part of Los Angeles County. It was originally settled by Native Americans who called the island ... More

Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior (16th-19th centuries), ...

Public domain photo of lighthouse, sea shore, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior, White Tower (late 16th...

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Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior, (16th-19th centuries),...

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Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior (16th-19th centuries), ...

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Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior, Arkhangelsk Tower (lat...

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Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior, (16th-19th centuries),...

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Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior, (16th-19th centuries),...

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Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior (16th-19th centuries), ...

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Church of St. Andrew (1702), east view, with stone dwelling (mid 16th ...

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Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior (16th-19th centuries), ...

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Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior (16th-19th centuries), ...

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Monastery, Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Savior (1558-1566),...

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Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior (16th-19th centuries), ...

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In the art pen at Ellis Island - Political cartoon, public domain imag...

Illustration shows several artists identified as "Lawrence, Gainsborough, D. Teniers, Rubens, Raphael, Da Vinci, Titian, Duerer, Velasquez, Van Dyke, Reni", and the friar Girolamo Savonarola as "S", being held ... More

Johannes Staden arrives at unknown island and finds Portugese already ...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, page 10. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Dutch ships anchored in harbor of Helena Island in Arctic during Will...

Engraving by Raygnald Elftrake. Illus. in: Linschoten, 1598, p. 172-73. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Neth. Hist. 159-; Arctic Expl.; Geogr.; Publ. Ind.

A view of New York, Governors Island, the river &c. from Long Island

Print shows a panoramic view of the battle of Long Island. Illus. in: The town and country magazine, or, Universal repository of knowledge, instruction, and entertainment. London : Printed for A. Hamilton, Jr.... More

[Fighting on an island after a shipwreck - Dutch East Indies - 16--]

Illus. in: Francois Pelsaert, Ongeluckige Voyagie Van't Schip Batavia ... 1648, facing p. 14 - fold-out plate. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Geogr.; Shipwrecks.

[Map of California shown as an island].

Relief shown pictorially. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault

Vue de l'intérieur d'une Maison dans l'Isle d'Uliétea. Representation ...

Unknown (artist nationality) engraver (artist role) Recto: u. r.: (within plate impression) Tome III . Pl. 6 . ; l. l.: (just beneath image) Palas Sculp : ; bottom center: (in French) Vue de l'intérieur d'une M... More

An east view of Fort Royal in the Island of Guadaloupe Vue du Fort Roy...

Print showing a view of Fort Royal on the coast of the Island of Guadeloupe with soldiers relaxing in the foreground, ships at sea, and sun rising in the background. Plate numbered in lower right corner: c.4 [... More

A north view of Pensacola, on the Island of Santa Rosa / drawn by Dom....

Print shows view of Pensacola from aboard ship with boats in the foreground.

The Natche, a ceremony in honour of the Kings son in Tongataboo [i.e. ...

Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition.

Bunker's Hill on N. York Island

Drawing shows distant view of wooded landscape with a few buildings. Inscriptions on front are difficult to decipher. Inscribed in ink on the back: Montresor. Possibly owned or drawn by John Montrésor, British... More

Afiatooka, or Morai in Tongataboo [i.e. Tongatabu] / Webber del. ; Coo...

Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition.

A view from Paulushook of Horsimus on the Jersey shore and part of Yor...

Drawing shows men cutting branches off trees and using stumps for a fence at the edge of a meadow with crops growing on the right, view of the bay in the background, showing the Jersey shore and York Island.

St. Lucia in the West Indies taken possession of by Admiral Barrington...

Print shows six ships in line flying the French flag, however, appears to be disembarking British troops who are about to take possession of the island after the French have withdrawn. Engraved for Barnard's N... More

The island of Lobos - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Duval, (P.S.) & Co.

Island House, Bellows Falls, Vt.

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Chubbuck.

The landing of his majesty's forces, under the command of the Rt. Honb...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Mason. First words of title not recorded on shelflist card

A prospect of Port Antonio, and town of Titchfield, in parish of Portl...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Jamaica.

A South West view of Fort Royal in the island of Guadaloupe

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Benazech, P.

Panorama of Moline, Ill. As seen from the Island of Rock Island, Ill.

D5940 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Hageboeck, A.

New York, taken from the north west angle of Fort Columbus, Governors ...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Papprill, Henry.

[View of Charleston, South Carolina, possibly looking north toward Sul...

Drawing shows in lower left the figure of a man walking along the shoreline and a larger preliminary sketch of the man, also to the right of the man is a preliminary sketch of a woman walking to the right carry... More

The journey of a modern hero, to the island of Elba, British Cartoon P...

Print shows Napoleon I seated backwards on a donkey on the road "to Elba" from Fontainebleau; he holds a broken sword in one hand and the donkey's tail in the other while two drummers follow him playing a farew... More

The enchanted island / painted by Danby ; engraved by J. Sartain.

Print shows an enchanted island in a cove with rocks and cliffs on the left and a beach strewn with sea shells in the foreground; there is a figure standing at the entrance to a cave on the island and a woman a... More

Biddle Stair, Goat Island, July 22, 1846

Drawing showing two women observing Grand Falls from Goat Island. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086). Alternate title from accompanying caption. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Libra... More

Louis Haghe - Ruins, temple on the island of Biggeh, Nubia

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 2, pt. 15.

General view of Esouan and the island of Elephantine / David Roberts, ...

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 2, pt. 28.

Louis Haghe - The nilometer, Island of Rhoda / David Roberts, R.A.

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 3, p. 29.

General view of the island of Philae Nubia Nov 18th 1838 / David Rober...

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 1, pt. 26.

Island of Philoe [sic], on the Nile--Nubia / David Roberts, R.A.

Sunset. Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 2, pt. 11.

Grand Falls at Niagara from near the observatory, Goat Island, July 22...

Drawing shows a view of Niagara Falls from Goat Island including a pedestrian bridge leading to an observation tower.

The Three Sisters (three islands) from Great Island, Falls of Niagara

Drawing shows islands in the rapids above Niagara Falls on the American side. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Originally 1 of 37 drawings in portfolios wi... More

The falls of Niagara from Goat Island

Drawing shows Niagara Falls looking toward Terrapin Tower on the American side and the Canadian Horseshoe Falls and Canadian from Goat Island. Some houses are visible in the Canadian town of Niagara Falls. Wal... More

Disasters of 60 days : Wreck of Steamship Tennessee, Indian Cove, Marc...

Pictorial lettersheet shows four images of shipwrecks on one page plus two vignettes of (top) a shepherdess and a bear and (center) Explosion R.K. Page Nicolaus, Feather River, March 21th, 1853; with attached b... More

Wreck & burning of the steamer Independence on the island of Margarita...

Pictorial lettersheet shows rescue attempts being made on burning and sinking ship; with attached blank leaf. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 337. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.16

Island of Philœ - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Island of Philae with remains of ancient temple and pylons. No. 1815. On verso: Philae.

[Design drawing for a proposed skylight showing dove flying from seven...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing young Christ in the T...

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[Design drawing for stained glass memorial window showing Nativity wit...

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[Design drawing for architectural elements for proposed Chancel for Co...

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Officers' quarters, N. A. B'y. Com'n. [i.e., North American Boundary C...

Photograph shows exterior view of the officers' quarters of the British North American Boundary Commission at Esquimalt on Vancouver Island. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subject... More

[Exterior view of church, in the community around Fort Victoria on Van...

In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a ... More

Esquimalt, Vancouver Island, 1859

Photograph shows view of settlement at Esquimalt, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, the main base during the winters of 1858 and 1859 for the survey crew of the British North American Boundary Commission. In... More

Small northern canoe, Vancouver Island - douglas firs in the backgroun...

Photograph shows two men standing at the ends of a small canoe on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 6]. Unprocessed in P... More

Victoria Harbor, Vancouver Island, taken from the church hill, 1859

Photograph shows view of settlement of Victoria on Vancouver Island, British Columbia; this is the third part of a six part panoramic photograph of Victoria. Attributed to Arthur Vipond based on research by Da... More

[Community adjacent to the fur trading post at Fort Victoria on Vancou...

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

[Community adjacent to the fur trading post at Fort Victoria on Vancou...

No. 1 of a six-part panorama of Victoria. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

[Community adjacent to the fur trading post at Fort Victoria on Vancou...

No. 4 of a six-part panorama of Victoria. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

[Community adjacent to the fur trading post at Fort Victoria on Vancou...

No. 6 of a six-part panorama of Victoria. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

[Community adjacent to the fur trading post at Fort Victoria on Vancou...

No. 5 of a six-part panorama of Victoria. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

Street and Negro quarters, Retreat Plantation, Port Royal Island, S.C....

Stereograph shows African Americans, possibly slaves, standing alongside dirt road lined with wooden houses.

The meteor. The meteor of July 20, as seen by J. A. Adams, Esq., at Sa...

Text with illustrations that show three views of a meteor that appeared on July 20, 1860. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 4, (1860 August 4), p. 481.

Bridge to First S...r Island, Niagara ...

Two men on bridge. No. 688. Public domain photograph of New York, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Island in Traun River near Ischl

Boulder with crucifix, in Traun River, near Bad Ischl, Austria. In album: Prague, Innsbruck, Munich, Nuremberg, Dresden, Berlin, Hombourg, Edinburgh, opposite p. 156. No. R22.

View of Victoria, Vancouver Island.

LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 1075 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Shows points of interest. AACR2: 651/1; 700/1; 710/2

Newport, R.I. : view from Fort Wolcott, Goat Island /

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift; David Doret; August 2000. Copy imperfect: Darkened, stained, mounted on cardboard backing. PM3 Acquisitions control no.: 2000-79

Cotton field, Retreat Plantation, Port Royal Island, S.C. / Photograph...

Stereograph shows African Americans, possibly slaves, working in a cotton field.

Washington's retreat at Long Island / Wageman ; J.C. Armytage.

George Washington on horseback and his soldiers retreating. Copyright by Virtue & Co., Publishers, N.Y.

Review of the volunteer troops in Fort Moultrie, on Sullivan's Island,...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 Feb. 23, pp. 216-217. Mrs. Pickens is Lucy Petway Holcombe Pickens, third wife of Gov. Pickens of S.C.; identification based on date of event depicted (M. K... More

Vancouver Island Indian Kootenay [i.e., Kootenai] Indians.

Photographs show (top) a Vancouver Island Native, half-length portrait, facing front, and (bottom) three Kootenai men, full-length portrait, seated against blanket in front of a log cabin, facing front, wearing... More

Fort Putnam, previously Confederate Battery Gregg, Morris Island, S.C.

Photograph shows a parapet inside the fort with a sign, Fort Putnam", and artillery. No. 4110. Similar view in LC-B811-3479. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Fort Putnam, previously Confederate Battery Gregg, Morris Island, S.C.

Photograph shows mounted guns inside the fort. No. B42. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Headquarters of General Gillmore, Folly Island, S.C.

No. 4976. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

View of the harbor of Pensacola--Santa Rosa Island and Fort Pickens in...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 December 7, pp. 776-777. Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Morris Island, South Carolina, stockade], Confederate States of Ameri...

Public domain scan of American Civil War image, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Potomac River, looking down from Georgetown, showing Mason's Island, L...

Photograph shows an aerial view of Georgetown rooftops and backyard gardens, the Potomac River, and Mason's Island, now known as Theodore Roosevelt Island, Washington, D.C.

Vancouver Island Indians [A Native in European dress].

Photographs show (top) group portrait of Vancouver Island Natives, and (bottom) half-length portrait of Native man, facing front, wearing European dress. ; title for second photo devised by Library staff. In a... More

Battery on Morris Island, gun that fired over 1200 shots into Fort Sum...

Photograph shows the interior of Fort Putnam with a cannon in the foreground with soldiers in the background. No. 4971. Similar view: LC-B811-3520. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Vie... More

Steamboat dock, Morris Island, S.C., Confederate States of America.

No. 4295. No. 3531 etched on negative, lower left corner. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

The new batteries erected on Morris Island for the defence of Charlest...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 March 30, p. 293.

Headquarters of General Gillmore, Folly Island, S.C.

No. 4975. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Jefferson Davis' house, Hurricane [i.e. Davis] Island, Miss.

Photograph shows Brierfield, the plantation home of Jefferson Davis on what was known as Davis Bend, now Davis Island, about 20 miles down the Mississippi River from Vicksburg, Mississippi (source website Missi... More

Camp of Picket-Reserves, Port Royal Island, S.C.

No. 4968. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Belle Island [sic], Confederate States of America

Prison camp with tents and guards. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed lower right: the river. Formerly Waud no. B-150. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.914) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil... More

The steamship Star of the West, with reinforcements for Major Anderson...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 11, no. 269 (1861 Jan. 19), pp. 136-137. Reference copy may be in LOT 4416-E (1861). Caption card... More

Exterior view of the gorge of Fort Sumter on the 14th, April 1861 afte...

Copy photograph showing a group of men in front of the damaged walls of Fort Sumter near the gorge. Mounted with two other photographs. Photograph is possibly half of a stereograph pair. Letter "A" is noted in... More

Interior of Fort Wagner, Morris Island, South Carolina

Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Exterior view of the gorge of Fort Sumter on the 14th April 1861 after...

Copy photograph shows a photo of a group of men in front of the damaged walls of Fort Sumter near the gorge. Mounted with two other photographs. Photograph is possibly half of a stereograph pair. Letter "B" is... More

Gwine to de field, Hopkinson's Plantation, Edisto Island, S.C.

Photograph shows slaves on the Hopkinson plantation, with two boys in a cart pulled by a donkey.

Mansion of John E. Seabrook, Edisto Island, S.C.

Photograph shows two men, probably soldiers, posed in front of the Seabrook house with a third man off to the side in the garden. Title inscribed in ink on the front of the mount. Gladstone's inventory code and... More

[Composite of scenes of] Our cotton campaign in South Carolina - gathe...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1862 Feb. 15, pp. 200-201. Reference copy may be in LOT 4397K. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Plantation... More

Head Quarters of 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Edisto Island, S.C.

Photograph shows Union soldiers posed in front of house. Some soldiers are seated in the windows.

The war on the Mississippi River - night expedition to island no. 10 ....

Print shows Union troops spiking Confederate guns on Island No. 10 at night during a violent storm. Caption continues: Spiking a Rebel battery by a detachment of National soldiers and sailors, under Colonel Ro... More

Negro slaves 1862 Edisto Island, S.C. (plantation of James Hopkinson)

Photo shows a group of African American slaves posed around a horse-drawn cart, with a building in the background, at the Cassina Point plantation of James Hopkinson on Edisto Island, South Carolina. Inscribed... More

Mansion of James Hopkinson, Edisto Island, S.C.

Photograph shows slaves standing in fenced yard and a side view of the Hopkinson house. Title inscribed in ink on front of mount. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M22; plantation workers in front of mansio... More

Kirk G boe Inn & ruins Faroe Island

Drawing shows an inn next to the ruins of a church on one of the Danish Faroe Islands. Taylor may have visited the Faroe Islands in 1862, en route to Russia. Gift; Charles F. Heartman; 1922; (DLC/PP-46411a).

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